Submitted by Marjorie Klise
According to the discussion at City council (Tuesday, Oct 28) things are moving in the East Bluff. What a plan!
All the handicapped will live in one block. And the subsidized units will be in another. Perhaps they will paint all the houses on another block green and have the Irish live there. Would a scarlet shade in another block do for the single mothers trying to raise their families? Maybe a row of Quonset huts for returning veterans is a good idea. (Is this new urban planning? We used to call that segregation.)
In ‘unplanned neighborhoods’ we all live together. All mixed up. Two story duplexes have people updater who can be of service to their disabled neighbors on the first floor. And the Irish guy will meet and take a young boy who is living without a father to a ball game. Streets develop with similar sized structures because it looks right. And many have similar features. Can you imagine a house without a front porch! There is proportion and compatibility to the eye.
We blend, we compliment and we create community. Of course there are those few oddities to prove the rule, but no one group of buildings stands out. This diversity within harmony makes for beautiful music. And a nice place to live.